Children's Childhoods: Observed And Experienced

This text explores the social status of children, through consideration of their positioning in a range of social settings and in sociological theory. It focuses on children as social actors in constructing the social order and participating in it.

About the Author

Berry Mayall has worked as a researcher at the University of London Institute of Education for over twenty years and is Assistant Director of the Social Science Research Unit. Her major research studies have focused on the daily lives of children and their parents and their use of and satisfaction with services available to them. Her current research is on how far children experience school as a health-promoting environment.